Synopses & Reviews
These volumes present a collection of primary source materials from the earliest times to the present intended for use in college courses in Western Civilization. An outstanding feature of the book is the wide variety of source materials includedreadings from literary classics, letters, biographies, chronicles, diaries, philosophic and scientific writings, government records. Womens history is emphasized throughout.
Table of Contents
PrefaceI THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST --- NATURE, GODS, AND HUMANSIN THE BEGINNINGSEgyptFrom The Book of Knowing the CreationsMesopotamiaFrom The Creation EpicThe HebrewsFrom The Book of GenesisRELIGION AND NATUREEgypt: The Nile and the SunFrom Hymn to the NileFrom Hymn to the AtonMesopotamia: Fertility and MythInnana and the KingHymn to Ishtar From The Epic of GilgameshThe Hebrews: The Garden of EdenFrom The Book of GenesisETHICS AND LAWEgypt: Death and JudgmentFrom The Book of the DeadMesopotamia: Law and JusticeFrom The Code of HammurabiGOD, AND HISTORY: THE HEBREW TRADITIONThe CovenantFrom The Book of ExodusThe LawFrom The Book of ExodusThe ProphetsFrom The Book of IsaiahHebrew PoetryA PsalmFrom The Song of SolomonII GREEK CIVILIZATION --- FROM MYTH TO POLIS (c. 800--c. 400 B.C.)GODS AND HUMANSHomer's WorldFrom The IliadGolden Age to Iron AgeFrom Hesiod's Works and DaysHuman LoveFrom Poems of SapphoFROM MYTHOLOGY TO PHILOSOPHYReligionFrom XenophanesPhilosophyFrom ParmenidesAtomism: Leucippus and DemocritusMathematics: The PythagoreansSOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT --- THE POLISAthensFrom Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian WarSpartaFrom Plutarch. Life of LycurgusThe Peloponnesian WarFrom LysistrataFrom The Melian DialogueDIVINE AND HUMAN LAWSophoclesFrom AntigoneIII GREEK CIVILIZATION --- PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY (c. 400--c. 330 B.C.)THE IDEA OF THE GOODSocrates: Critics and FriendsFrom The ApologyFrom The CloudsFrom PhaedoPlato's CaveFrom The RepublicFAMILY AND STATE---IDEALISMPlatonic UtopianismFrom The RepublicAgainst DemocracyFrom The RepublicFAMILY AND STATE---REALISMAn Athenian HouseholdFrom Xenophon. Household ManagementState FinancesFrom Xenophon. On the RevenuesARISTOTLE---NATURAL SCIENCE AND SOCIAL SCIENCEScientific MethodFrom MetaphysicsEthics and PoliticsFrom The Nichomachean EthicsFrom The PoliticsIV HELLENISM AND ROME---FROM REPUBLIC TO EMPIREHellenistic CultureThe Empire of AlexanderFrom Plutarch. MoraliaHellenism and JudaismFrom The First Book of MaccabeesEpicureanismFrom Lucretius. On the Nature of the UniverseStoicismFrom Works of EpictetusROME---REPUBLIC TO EMPIRERepublican InstitutionsFrom The Histories of PolybiusFrom The Roman History of AppianThe Roman RevolutionFrom The Roman History of AppianFrom Cicero. On the LawsFrom Sallust. The Conspiracy of CatilineFrom Cicero. On Moral DutiesFrom Suetonius. The Twelve CaesarsFrom The Annals of TacitusImperial AdministrationFrom Letters of PlinyROMAN FAMILIESPatriarchal TraditionFrom Roman AntiquitiesFrom The Histories of PolybiusFrom Plutarch. Life of CatoLegislation of AugustusFrom Dio's Roman HistoryFrom The Institutes of GaiusFrom Opinions of Julius PaulusRoman WivesFrom Juvenal's Sixth SatireFrom Praise of TuriaV CHRISTIANITY AND THE FALL OF ROMETHE ORIGIN OF CHRISTIANITYThe Coming of JesusFrom The Gospel According to LukeFrom The Gospel According to JohnLife and TeachingFrom The Gospel According to MatthewFrom The Gospel According to MatthewFrom The Gospel According to MarkJesus and WomenFrom The Gospel According to LukeFrom The Gospel According to MarkFrom The Gospel According to JohnTHE EARLY CHURCHChristian and PaganFrom Paul's First Epistle to the CorinthiansFrom Minucius Felix. OctaviusFrom Hippolytus. Apostolic TraditionFrom Clement of AlexandriaThe Nicene CreedChurch and StateFrom The Annals of TacitusFrom Letters of PlinyFrom The "Edict of Milan"From Eusebius. Life of ConstantineFrom The Theodosian CodeChristian Women: Marriage and CelibacyFrom Paul's Epistle to the EphesiansFrom Paul's First Epistle to the CorinthiansFrom Jerome. Against HelvidiusFrom The Acts of the Christian Martyrs From Letter of Pope Damasus on CelibacyDECLINE AND FALLImperial CentralizationFrom The Death of the PersecutorsFrom The Theodosian CodeChristian ReactionsSalvianus. The Burden of TaxationJerome. The Barbarian InvasionsAugustine. The Two CitiesEastern SurvivalFrom The Institutes of JustinianVI A NEW EUROPE---BARBARIANS AND CHRISTIANSTHE EARLY GERMANS---SOCIETY AND CULTUREA Roman AccountFrom Tacitus. On GermanyLaws and CustomsFrom Laws of the Salian FranksFrom Laws of the BurgundiansA Germanic Hero-KingFrom BeowulfCHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONSThe PapacyFrom Sermon of Leo IFrom Gelasius I. Letter to Emperor AnastasiusMonasticismFrom The Rule of St. BenedictROMAN CHRISTIANITY AND NORTHERN EUROPEGregory the Great and EnglandGregory I. Letter to MellitusFrom Bede. Ecclesiastical HistoryFrom Bede. Ecclesiastical HistoryMission to GermanyOath of BonifaceFrom Life of BonifaceFrom Life of LeobaCHARLEMAGNECharlemagne and His FamilyFrom Einhard. Life of CharlemagneEconomic FoundationsFrom Capitulary De VillisCarolingian GovernmentFrom General Capitulary for the MissiThe Imperial CoronationFrom Einhard. Life of CharlemagneFrom Annals of LorschFrom Frankish Royal AnnalsVII MEDIEVAL FOUNDATIONS---FEUDALISM, CHURCH REFORM, AND CRUSADEFEUDAL INSTITUTIONSLords and VassalsFrom Annals of XantenCapitulary of MersenOaths of AllegianceFrom Chronicle of Galbert of BrugesLiege HomageThe FiefCapitulary of Lestinnes (747)Grant of Fief with Immunity (815)Foundation of the Duchy of Normandy (911)Feudal ObligationsFrom Fulbert of ChartresFeudal AidsKnight ServiceCourt ServiceWardship and MarriageViolence and RestraintPeace Oath of Bishop Warin, 1023From Suger's Life of Louis VIREFORM OF THE CHURCHAbuses, Theocracy, and ReformComplaint or Berengar of Narbonne, 1056Coronation of Otto I, 1036Papal Reform Decrees (1074--1075)Dictatus Papae (1075)Empire and PapacyHenry IV to Gregory VII (January 24, 1076)Deposition of Henry IV (February 22, 1076)Gregory VII to the Princes of Germany (1077)Gregory VII to Hermann of Metz (1081)Concordat of WormsTHE FIRST CRUSADERSWestern ViewsFrom The Song of RolandPope Urban's Speech at ClermontCrusaders and JewsFrom Chronicle of Alan of Aix